I have produced various packages for BBC World Service from Guyana, and worked as a fixer on other programmes/reports including ‘Guyana: Bracing for the Oil Boom‘ and ‘Guyana: Getting Rich Quick‘ both presented by Simon Maybin, and The Sound Odyssey: Loyle Carner in Guyana. I have also worked in radio planning for BBC Africa.
Packages
BBC World Service: Guyana’s Eco-Entrepreneurs
Package for BBC World Service on green-thinking entrepreneurs who are putting the slogan ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ into action.
BBC World Service: Domestic Violence in Guyana (listen from 17 mins 20 secs)
Package for BBC World Service on domestic violence, to coincide with International Women’s Day 2019.
BBC World Service: Racial harmonies
Package for BBC World Service on how musicians in Guyana, preparing for the country’s annual Mashramani carnival, are sending positive messages to counter rising racial tensions ahead of a national election.
BBC World Service: Guyana in the Year of Indigenous Languages (2019)
Package for BBC World Service on Guyana’s nine indigenous languages and efforts to keep them alive.
BBC World Service / Cultural Frontline (2018) Speaking up for survivors through art: Interview with Guyanese artist Akima McPherson
BBC World Service / Fifth Floor (2017)
Saddle up for the Guyana rodeo! – The sounds of vaqueiro country in Guyana
BBC World Service / Fifth Floor (2016)
Land of Six People: Race, history and culture in Guyana
BBC World Service / Fifth Floor (2016)
Following my father’s tastebuds: Exploring Georgetown, Guyana, through its food
Other radio/podcasts
Slipping into Darkness: Interview on iLive Radio with host Ra Hendricks
Ah Who Dat? Interview on this podcast, featuring Caribbean creatives.
BBC World Service / Outside Source (2015) Interview on Outside Source as a member of the BBC Ebola team, on connecting with those in the affected countries through WhatsApp and Facebook.
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